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Drama in the gaybourhood in... 'TIMBEEEER'.

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December 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM

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An odd encounter at Queens Heath Pride in... 'Mental Elf Issues'.

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Mental Elf Issues

“I’m sorry,” announced Darren aghast, “but exactly what part of this conversation do you think is appropriate or complimentary?! You have randomly come up to us in the street to praise us for bein…

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December 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM

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There is a case to solve in... 'Ginger & Spice Investigate'.

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Ginger & Spice Investigate

Birmingham’s gay scene has its own amateur super-sleuths: Hurst Street’s answer to Hart to Hart; Scarecrow and Mrs King; Scooby and Shaggy; that episode of Murder She Wrote where Jessica Fletcher t…

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December 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM

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When your dog is a scene queen... 'Man's Best Friend'.

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Man’s Best Friend

I took the opportunity to text my partner, ‘I’m talking to a lovely Romanian. I don’t think he has worked out that he is a gay bar.’

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December 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM

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Things get political in... 'They Don't Like it Up 'Em!'

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They Don’t Like it Up ‘Em!

There was one young shark cruising the aisles between the vote counting tables. He had slicked-back hair, SS style black shirt, sharp dark suit, and wore a permanent sneer. I whispered to the head …

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December 8, 2025 at 9:02 AM

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The grand opening in... 'It Takes a Village'.

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It Takes a Village

The venue smelled fresh… and looked stunning. A combination of old pub charm with state-of-the-art club and cabaret facilities. The greatest compliment I can give is that it felt vibrant and new, y…

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December 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM

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The roles we play in... 'All The World's a Stage'.

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All the World’s a Stage

I got to play real-life Doctor and Nurses when I visited a beautiful friend at the surgery where he works. The moment he spotted me approaching the desk he came over and suggested we go to a consul…

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December 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM

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There is no place like home in... 'Memory Lane'.

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Memory Lane

“Erm, Hello,” I started, awkwardly. “Sorry to disturb you, but I used to live here as a child. When we left, I took a souvenir from the front garden…”

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December 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM

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JANUARY continued with a night to remember... as Boltz closed its doors.

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Boltz – The Final Fling

Personally, it was This Is Your Life. Everyone I knew or had known seemed to be in attendance. I half expected Eamonn Andrews to pop up with a big red book filled with incriminating photos and memo…

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December 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM

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2025 started with this brief eulogy for Boltz.

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Our Revels Now Are Ended

It was so much more than just that sex-bar in the shadows of Birmingham’s gay scene.

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December 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM

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'Home Is Where The Heart Is' the 3rd in a trilogy of columns from Tales of the Second City, in the DECEMBER issue of Forever with Pride e-magazine www.foreverwithpride.com/e-magazine/

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December 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM

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Discover over 130 queer tales from Birmingham's gay scene at talesofthesecondcity.com

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November 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM

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NOVEMBER catch-up

Monthly e-magazine column @ www.foreverwithpride.com/e-magazine/

Tales from Hollywood
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Live reading
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Pt 3 of a trilogy
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November 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM

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Three of Hearts.

This week saw the release of the third in a loose trilogy...

A fledgling friendship
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A dark place in
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A logical family in
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November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM

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When your best mate becomes your house mate in... 'Home Is Where The Heart Is'.

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November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM

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Sitcom antics with a new man about the house in ... 'Home Is Where The Heart Is'.

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November 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM

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READ THE LATEST BLOG... 'Home Is Where The Heart Is'.

The third in a loose trilogy that started with 'The Boy with Hearts in his Eyes' ... and continued in 'Hearts Broken'.

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Home is Where the Heart Is

Over the weeks, he became steadily more at home in our home, until one evening he came swishing into the kitchen wearing nothing but briefs and a little vest top. “What?” he asked innocently, clock…

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November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM

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TONIGHT IN BRUM - TALES OF THE SECOND CITY GOES LIVE.

Talk of the Town - Babs, Huns, Heartbreaks & Hot Takes
18th Nov, 7pm @ The Edge

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November 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM

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Supertales from Hollywood... in 'Kneel Before Zod', the LATEST BLOG from talesofthesecondcity.com

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November 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM

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💚 Talk of the Town - Babs, Huns, Heartbreaks & Hot Takes
18th Nov, 7pm @ The Edge.

Open mic event.

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